Today's News

Chestnut Creek School of the Arts in Galax review its progress over the past year and looked ahead to a new woodworking studio at its most recent board meeting.
For the school’s first year, 2011-2012, the school showed an overall growth of 173 percent. Documents shared with the CCSA board showed a significant rise in numbers in most of the categories, including Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) hours, outreach and on-demand usage, the Empty Bowls project, The Galax Art Guild and facility usage.

A six-run inning in the region semifinals ended the Blue Devils’ season on Thursday.

Reaching a level of the postseason where final scores like 1-0 and 2-1 are more the norm, Floyd County exploded for a half-dozen runs in the top of the third inning and coasted past the Blue Devils 9-2 in the Region C Division 2 semifinals at the Grayson Rec. Park.

WYTHEVILLE –– The politically correct and thus more palatable term favored by the VHSL is ‘sudden victory’ overtime. It all depends upon one’s perspective. Radford could certainly go along with the categorization, Galax would strongly disagree.

Under arrest
I am calling in reference to the gentleman that wrote from Independence about the drug arrest report feature. I think it is one of the best things the newspaper has done. I wish they would go one better and put their addresses in also because I like to know who is around my neighborhood doing some of these things.

Student loans
Now these Republicans are trying to go up on student loans. You can’t even get an education in this country anymore for the Republican Party.

Galax-Grayson EMS responded to an accident near Camp Zion Road in Galax the afternoon of May 27.
They arrived on the scene to find that Billy Redd of Galax, 77, had sustained serious injuries in a lawnmower accident.
At press time, there was no further information about the nature of the accident.
While the Galax Volunteer Fire Department did not respond to the scene, Fire Chief David Hankley confirmed that Redd’s condition was urgent enough to require an airlift to the hospital.

The Galax City School Board has selected Justin Iroler to serve as principal of Galax High School beginning July 1.
Iroler will fill the vacancy left by departing principal Dr. Jody Ray, who resigned in May.
The board unanimously approved Iroler for the position during a board meeting on May 29. The news was announced during a faculty meeting the next day, and those in attendance gave a standing ovation, according to School Board Chairman Ray Kohl.
Galax Schools Superintendent Bill Sturgill told The Gazette that the board was pleased with the selection.

Police suspicion of criminal activity surrounding the death of Desia Rae George, 33, was confirmed last week when autopsy reports indicated an unnatural and suspicious cause of death.
On May 23, George’s body was discovered in a pond alongside Brushy Creek Road in Grayson County, about 10 miles from her home in the town of Fries.

HILLSVILLE — School officials went down the path to awarding a construction bid for a piece of the Patriot Trail at the Carroll School Board’s May meeting.
The action passed with one abstention and one "no" vote.
Continuing to work towards creating a walking trail at the Hillsville Elementary School, officials had set out two options in the bidding process with different thicknesses of asphalt for a eight foot wide, half-mile long, handicapped-assessable portion of the trail.